We have just heard of the death on 10th Dec. of our honorary member and past president of the Indian Himalayan Federation, Balwant Sandhu, following a hit and run accident in New Delhi. We are sorry to have to report that our long standing member Robin Day OBE died aged 95 on 9th November. Read tribute. We are sad to report that Margaret Munro who was born in 1912 and elected to the LAC in 1956 died on October 8th. She was our second oldest member. Thanks to sterling work by John Town, the Alpine Journals 1969-2008 are now on-line - see the box below. Eileen Healey, who was elected to the Ladies Alpine Club in 1947, was twice president of the LAC , and an ACG member, has died aged 90. Obituary by Ed Douglas. We have been told of the death of Bob Creswell. Read the obituary by Ed Douglas.

Members may be interested in the short film on-line on the Bietschhorn and the Alpine Club, made by Julie Hunt  (Starring Francoise amongst others). The Alpine Club's Climbing Fund has supported the Imperial College Outdoor Club's expedition to the Sortebrae Region of Eastern Greenland led by Dominic Southgate, and Jeremy Windsor's & George Rodway's expedition to Kellas Peak in Sikkim/India. It is also supporting the Janahut Expedition 2010, the Sim-Griffith Alaska Expedition,and the British Kyasha Expedition 2010.

The Alpine Club makes GRANTS for EXPEDITIONS and MEETS The Alpine Club Spirit of Mountaineering Initiative A reward for real humanity in the mountains, and reflecting rather better on the mountaineering world. Alpine Journals Take a look - The 1969 -2008 digitised journals are now on-line.  They can be searched by AJ Volume or by Area/Peak. Earlier journals' indexes can be viewed as PDFs 1859 -1891           1892 -1926 1927-1952            1953 -1968

The Club has a collection of  WORLD MAPS   available to members. . The Himalayan Index   A comprehensive record of expeditions to Himalayan and Karakoram peaks over 6000m. The Library Catalogue Search the library catalogue and order copies of documents.